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July 17, 2008
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Matt Gerald Just 7 Points from WSORR Light Buggy Lead
Forest County Potawatomi Light buggy driver Matt Gerald and his
team came into Bark River after sweeping Crandon 3 weeks prior
with high hopes. Being the point’s leader Matt was forced to the
outside of row one for the land-rush start. Gerald knew he’d have
his work cut out for him.
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Round 5
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When the green flag flew Matt got a good jump and as the crowd
funneled into turn one Matt was on the outside of the right hand
turn and got forced into some deep mud letting nearly everyone
bye. Matt was in 25th and started picking off car after car.
Dealing with several cars and some unnecessary slamming, bumping
and blocking from another driver, Matt got around the slower car
twice cleanly. Matt made his way all the way up to 6th after a
slow start. Matt was able to click off some of the fastest lap
times of the day. “Not the start we where looking for today, It’s
really hard being the points leader off the start here, the inside
guys have too much of an advantage. We were happy with the Forest
County Potawatomi car today, it took some hard hits and we were
happy to come out with all 4 tires pointed in the right direction.
Tonight Tyler & Jeremy will go through the Potawatomi/AMSOIL/Goodyear
buggy and make sure every thing is in tip top shape for tomorrow.”
Said Gerald
Round 6
After a quick pre-race pep talk with Matt’s teammate 5-time Pro
Lite Champion Jeff Kincaid, Matt was focused on what he needed to
do to get to the front. Off the start Matt was able to get through
the start a little better and came out around 15th. Matt made
quick work of a couple cars getting around them in the Sweeper
turn, which is one of Matt’s strong points at Bark River. “My
Goodyear’s really hook up on that corner. I’m able to really rail
the corner” Matt was passing several cars on the outside of the
tricky sweeper. Matt ended up working up to 4th right behind the
2nd & 3rd place finishers on the last lap. Matt definitely made
his presence known that he’s going to be tough to beat when the
series returns back to Bark River. Matt on his mission to the
front, clicked off the fastest lap of the day over 2007 champion
Jamie Kliekamp and race winner Mike Vanden Heuvel. “All and all
we’re happy with our weekend. We came out with 2strong races. If I
could have only gotten a good enough of a launch to get a little
further to the right off the start, I think we had a better chance
at running Vanden Heuvel down.
Right now Matt and The Forest County Potawatomi team trail Mike
Vanden Heuvel in the points race by 7 and have a commanding lead
on 3rd and 4th. Next race is in Oshkosh, WI on July 25th & 26th.
Not only will Matt be piloting the #195 Potawatomi Buggy, he’ll
also be running the Traxxas/ Potawatomi #4 PRO-Light for Jeff
Kincaid.
Matt and the Gerald Racing Team would like to thank all of their
partners and supporters for 2008.
Forest County Potawatomi Community
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
AMSOIL
King Shocks
Flying Dutchman Off Road.
Contact Information
Megan Gerald- Team Manager
geramk27@uwgb.edu
Matt Gerald- Owner/Driver
geraldracing395@yahoo.com
(920) 858-6561
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